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Your Charter Spectrum Bill is Going Up in 2018

Charter Spectrum is joining Cox, AT&T/DirecTV, Comcast and numerous other cable and broadband providers in raising rates in the new year. Users in our Charter forum note the company's TV and broadband bundles will all see notable increases starting in 2018. But lest you place the blame entirely at the feet of broadcasters, Charter's also significantly raising prices pn the rates it charges to rent everything from digital adapters to DVR hardware.

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For good measure, Charter execs are also jacking up the company's misleading "broadcast TV fee" (which lets the company falsely advertise a lower rate) from $7.50 per month to $8.85 per month.

This is of course on top of the rate hikes of up to 40% many users had already seen in the wake of Charter's $79 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.

Needless to say, customers that were already angry over the company's botched handling of the merger aren't particularly pleased. That's especially true in Lexington, Kentucky, where locals were forced to have several unprecedented public meetings this year to address Charter's soaring prices and deteriorating customer service. Lexington Mayor Jim Gray in says he's more annoyed than ever by Charter's stranglehold over connectivity in the city.

"I’m outraged," Gray said. "This is the second rate hike for Spectrum’s cable subscribers in a single year. And considering Spectrum’s record of poor customer service, it just confirms my decision to bring competition and more options to Lexington for cable TV services along with high-speed internet."

In Lexington, basic Charter TV service will go from $15 to $20. Good Triple Play Premium will go from $129 to $139. While Better Triple Play Plus or Triple Play Plus will go from $149 to $159 and Best Triple Play Plus goes from $169 to $179. The city recently struck a deal with MetroNet to bring gigabit fiber competition to the city, but network doesn't begin until January, and the first customers aren't expected to go live until next summer.

Until then, locals will remain caught in the same cycle of paying an extremely unpopular company with horrible customer service more money for the same service.

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maartena
Elmo
Premium Member
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA

23 recommendations

maartena

Premium Member

Merry Christmas!!

Charter Coal in your stocking! Of course this came completely unexpected, right?

dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium Member
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ

10 recommendations

dvd536

Premium Member

'tis the season

CEO bonuses due
keason
Premium Member
join:2002-05-02
Ann Arbor, MI

7 recommendations

keason

Premium Member

No truth in advertising from these jokers

The FTC needs to clamp down on cable and telco firms not advertising the actual costs of their products, like they did with airlines years ago. Deceptive advertising and every changing prices on 'contracts' need to stop immediately.

Drex
Beer...The other white meat.
Premium Member
join:2000-02-24
Not There

6 recommendations

Drex

Premium Member

Nothing New Here

Whose bill is NOT going up next year? That's what I'd like to know.
Even my small mom and pop cable company is increasing their prices. The biggest jump is in retransmission fees but they are also charging more for their cable package. Seems to be the status quo every year to raise prices.

slyphoxj
join:2002-06-23
united state

5 recommendations

slyphoxj

Member

No cheap internet anywhere?

About the cheapest available in my area is $29.99 for 10/1 from WOW. DSLExtreme has a 768 Kbps package for $17.9x, but that requires a contract and 768 Kbps just isn't enough for almost any kind of streaming. My sister is still OK with the with 2/1 (now 3.5 / 1.2 ) Mbps Everyday Low Price $14.95 (now $19.95) internet from Spectrum I setup for her a couple years back. Getting anymore speed for her would be a $30+ jump in price .

There are a few of us who really don't need a gigabit, or even a 100 Mbps, line and don't want to pay for one.
win10user
join:2017-01-18
US

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win10user

Member

twc

it sure lists a lot of twc pricing. why is basic cable only 15 dollars in kentucky right now? its like 10 more everywhere else